Procurement Category Analyst

About the role

Randstad's procurement, contracts and supply chain team is recruiting on behalf of Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (ACHA), a not-for-profit private healthcare network in South Australia, for an experienced Procurement Category Analyst. The role sits in ACHA's newly established, independent Procurement & Supply function and works closely with the Head of Procurement & Supply and Procurement Business Partners to provide data, insights and analysis for sourcing strategies, negotiations and procurement decisions. It suits an experienced data, finance or business analyst comfortable with organisational change.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse spend and benchmark across categories and suppliers to find sourcing, savings and value-improvement opportunities.
• Own the setup and maintenance of accurate Workday catalogue, supplier and procurement data for assigned categories.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports on spend, savings, contract coverage, supplier performance and risk.
• Support Procurement Business Partners with market intelligence, spend trends and business cases for sourcing strategies and tenders.
• Track, validate and report savings, cost avoidance and value improvement against annual targets.
• Clean, validate and quality-assure procurement, catalogue and contract data.
• Support the rollout, testing and data migration of the new Workday ERP and Evisort contract management systems.
• Contribute to reporting templates, data standards and continuous improvement as the function matures.

Required profile

• Substantial experience in procurement, finance, data or business analysis, ideally in a complex organisation.
• Proven track record in spend analysis, benchmarking and data-driven reporting.
• Able to turn complex procurement data into clear insights for non-technical audiences.
• Experience keeping catalogue or procurement data in an ERP or similar system; Workday experience highly regarded.
• Relevant degree in Business, Commerce, Finance, Data or Business Analytics, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Willingness to work across the Keswick and South Terrace locations and attend hospital sites as required.

Required skills

• Data visualisation and dashboard tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Workday reporting.
• Attention to detail with data cleansing, validation and quality assurance.

The role is full-time and comes with a reasonable salary and NFP salary sacrifice benefits. Applications are handled through the Randstad recruiter for the position.